…I saw bitter fruit in all its forms of pain and hurt. How contempt for those unable to pull themselves up by their bootstraps leads to making decisions based on interpretations of efficiency rather than care.

I love the liturgy.

I recent years and months,

I have forgotten just how much I love the liturgy.

As a lay theologian who works at the intersection of money, God, and institutions, I am often asked what is the difference between fundraising, as an element of stewardship, and manipulation.

But really, it means a revealing, the revelation of Jesus. So ultimately, this book shows us who Jesus was in ancient times against the Roman Empire and might invite us into something about what the world is now.

It is only when our eyes see the fullness of suffering and sin do we see the ways in which God moves on our behalf.

Hope, in [Advent], is located in the sense of seeing with greater clarity God’s interaction with creation both now and in the days to come.

I am drawn to women’s stories –
in their own voices,
about their own lives,
telling their own experiences.